Robert Menendez actually said...

"I think that this is the moment from a global perspective that requires an enormous amount of American leadership."

"We have to realize that this is a generational struggle."

"We do have to realize that this is a war, that it is generational, and that you do have to employ all elements of national and international power."

"But if we do not start down that journey--I admit that it is long. But if we do not start down that journey, then we are destined to ultimately live with the consequences."